the rebel group formed from most SSDF forces, based in Upper Nile. Some pro-government militia forces (later known as “armed groups”): South Sudan Unity Movement/Army (SSUM/A): formed in early ...

The United Nations (UN) has accused South Sudanese rebels ... But in South Sudan there is no dominant culture. The Dinkas and the Nuers are the largest of more than 200 ethnic groups, each with ...

Sudan has helped to broker talks this year between various South Sudanese rebel groups and Kiir. South Sudan’s civil war erupted in 2013, less than two years after it had gained independence ...

Leaders of the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF), an umbrella organisation of rebel groups from the western region of Darfur and the southern states of South Kordofan and Blue Nile, raised their ...

Sudan's peace agreement signed last week finally promises to end the devastating wars in Darfur, South Kordofan and ... leader of Darfur's SLM rebel group, has not signed the deal The other ...

South Sudan analyst James Copnall says they could have been targeted because rebel groups in Darfur are alleged to back President Kiir against the rebels. But Brig Koang told the BBC's Newsday ...

Colombia’s president called last week for hundreds of mercenaries from the South American country fighting in Sudan to return ...

The group's vice-chair Abdel Aziz Alhilu splintered to create a faction focused on the grievances of South Kordofan, which borders South Sudan, and has become the most influential Sudanese rebel ...

held by the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N). The SPLM-N declared a famine in areas it controls in South Kordofan earlier this year. The airlift follows a summit between ...

Chad on Friday accused Sudan of arming and financing rebel groups on Chadian territory with the aim of destabilising its neighbour. Chad claims Sudan is aiding a rebellion by members of the ...